KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.0 Common Documents

KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.0 Common Documents - Release Notes

Known issues

The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known to exist at the time of release.

Table 3. General known issues
Known issue	Issue ID
Upgrading with Hyper-V does not always mount the appropriate disk partition	K2-7527
CentOS 8 deployments fail when the repository cache is enabled.	K2-7517
It is not possible to enable SSL (secure socket layer) using an existing SSL certificate and key on the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance and RSA.	K2-7442
RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux ) and CentOS 7 manual deployment ends in dracut.	K2-7439
The filter tasks box is skewed when browser size is decreased.	K2-7435
An appliance iPXE error is reported: no configuration methods succeeded.	K2-7271
Custom Deployment does not display User States for deployment.	K2-7266
Certain task types cause screens to appear in front of the KBE page.	K2-7158
Klonewin stops responding due to network instability issue during file copying phase.	K2-7124
After importing an MI created with All Operating System checkbox selected on the KACE System Management Appliance (SMA), the Runtime Environment is displayed as Windows on the KACE SDA server.	K2-7000
When importing same packages, duplicate entries are created on the appliance.	K2-6964
VMware virtual machines with multiple vCPUs (virtual central processing units) cannot PXE-boot to a legacy iPXE. For more information, read the following KB article: https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/232911	K2-6769
After clicking New boot action for a Mac OS NetBoot on the Boot Environment Detail page, on the Automated Detail page that appears, the Deployment field is not set, as expected.	K2-6665
The path for drivers in the Driver Feed are not always unique which causes problems for Driver Feed widgets.	K2-6495
Japanese user profile is not listed in Available Profile List.	K2-6492
Imaging to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives is extremely slow, five hours or longer.	K2-6476
The Date and Time Settings page should follow the language region date format.	K2-5509
When deploying a dual or multiple partition WIM image through multicast instead of unicast, only the first partition deploys. Workaround: A workaround is available for this issue. For more information, read the following KB article: https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/kb/212975	K2-5393
Resizing the columns width functionality does not work for certain columns on some list pages.	K2-5277
The Offboard Storage Error Message in the Initial Configuration Wizard should be moved into the same error message box used in other pages.	K2-5198
Detail View should highlight selected row in data table .	K2-5115
Non-ASCII KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) Managed Installation (MI) package name is garbled on the package import list.	K2-4381
Invalid date is allowed for the Run once, on option while creating or updating a scheduled boot action.	K2-4197
Non-English offline user state from Windows 8 is not scanned for K-Image or scripted installation.	K2-3555
lagg0 does not appear in munin.	K2-3500
When switching between linked appliances, the drop-down list in the top-right corner of the Administrator Console should display only the linked appliances instead of all of the appliances to which you logged in to using single sign on (SSO) from the KACE SDA.	K2-3241
When KACE SMA and KACE SDA are linked together, two boot actions are created for client machine with two network interface cards (NICs).	K2-3226
Clicking Remove local files not in image does not remove local files from non-system drive.	K2-2855

System requirements

The minimum version required for installing version 9.0 is the latest 8.2 version. If your appliance is running an earlier version, update to the listed version before installing this major release and restart the appliance after the update is installed. To check the version number of your appliance, log in to the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Administrator Console, open the Need Help pane on the right, then click the About Appliance icon.

Before upgrading to or installing version 9.0, make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements. These requirements are available in the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance technical specifications: http://support.quest.com/technical-documents/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/9.0-common-documents/technical-specifications-for-virtual-appliances/.

Product licensing

If you currently have a KACE Systems Deployment Appliance product license, no additional license is required.

If you are using the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance for the first time, see the appliance setup documentation for product licensing details. Go to More resources to access the appropriate guide.

NOTE: Product licenses for version 9.0 can be used only on a KACE Systems Deployment Appliance version 9.0 or later. Version 9.0 licenses cannot be used on appliances running earlier versions of the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance, such as 7.0.

NOTE: Prior to upgrading, check the SDA Status Overview Report and verify that the current maintenance status is valid and not expired. You can find the report under Audit Log > Reports.